Spontaneous gall bladder perforation: a rare condition in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in children

Ram Mohan Shukla; Dipankar Roy; Partha Pratik Mukherjee; Kaushik Saha; Biswanath Mukhopadhyay; Kartik Chandra Mandal; Kalyani SahaBasu; Shib Sankar Barman

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.043

Spontaneous gall bladder perforation: a rare condition in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in children

J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jan;46(1):241-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.043.

Authors

Ram Mohan Shukla¹, Dipankar Roy, Partha Pratik Mukherjee, Kaushik Saha, Biswanath Mukhopadhyay, Kartik Chandra Mandal, Kalyani SahaBasu, Shib Sankar Barman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata-700014, India.

PMID: 21238677
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.043

Abstract

Gallbladder perforation is very rare in children and almost exclusively is a complication of cholecystitis, which accompanies severe inflammation of the gallbladder with or without cholelithiasis. Here we present 4 cases of spontaneous gall bladder perforation, which should be kept in mind as a condition for inclusion in the differential diagnosis of an acute abdomen in children.

Publication types

Case Reports
Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Abdomen, Acute / diagnosis*
Child
Child, Preschool
Cholecystitis, Acute / diagnosis*
Cholecystitis, Acute / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Early Diagnosis
Gallbladder Diseases / diagnosis
Gallbladder Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Gallbladder Diseases / surgery
Humans
Infant
Male
Physical Examination
Rupture, Spontaneous / diagnosis*
Rupture, Spontaneous / surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed